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Letters Patent No. 72,345, dated December 17, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM'v ITV. MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, ISAAC II. WELLS, of Pagetown, in the county ofMorrow, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMounting Likenesses in Monuments; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference beinghad to the accompanying dra\vings..whicl1 aremade part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to so construct the frame or case forholding the picture, and attaching it to the stone, that all air,moisture, and light may he excluded from it, and the likeness thuspreserved; and it consists, first, in interposing between the diiferentplates, and between the rim`of the frame and the stone, layers or ringsof India rubber, or other anolagous substance; and second, in asimpleconstruction of frame to receive the different partsand compress them,and a simple arrangement for securing the door or shutter which excludesthe light from the face of the picture. 1 In the drawings- Figure 1 is aperspective View of a monument with' two forms of my invention applied.

Figure 2 is a sectional view, showing the arrangement of parts.

Figure 3 is a perspective view ofthe frame with the door applied, (withcertain parts of each broken away,)

i showing a novel and simple manner of' fastening the latter.

A represents the stone, in the recess a aof which the frame B is securedby the screws b. K I prefer to,

hand, this 24th day of May, 1867.

construct these recesses, as shown in iig. 2, so that the frame, wheninserted, will be flush with the surface of the stone, and not protrudebeyond it, but the recess a may be omitted, and the ange Zi rest on4 thesurface ot the stone, that part h2 of the frame only going 'into therecess, if desired, the packing C beingfin either case, interposedbetween theI iiange of the frame and the stone. The ange b3 around thefront opening in frame B forms an abutment, against which the interiorarrangement is compressed by the screws d in the cross-bars D, the endsof which 'bars t into holes b* in the body b2 of the frame. Anys'uiiicient number of these bars and screws may be used, lbut I nd thattwo bars witha screw at the two ends of each answer every lpurpose. Thescrews d pass through the .bars D and bear against the metallic back E,compressing the packings c cl c2 c3, which are placed respectivelybetween the back E and the picture, between the picture and the mat,between the mat and glass, and between the glass and the flange b3 inthe front of the frame. '.lhe opening in the front ot' the" frame,through which the picture is seen, I close with a removable door orshutter, F, tig. 3. The inner sideot the flange b5, at one end of thopening, (the bottom being preferable,) is provided with a notch ordepression, b5, on cach side, or a single depression, extending nearlythe entire width of the opening, which notch or notches receive thecorresponding projection or projections g on the plate G, which formsthe inner side of the door. The flange b3 at the'opposite end of theopening has also a central notch, b5, for the reception ofthe end ofthebolt H. This bolt slides in a recess formed by a bulge in the plateG,and is reciprocated by the cam z' acting on the sides of ithe' recess7l, th'e cam being secured to or formed on the end of the shank z" of'the handle I, by which it is rotated, or, if preferred, a door, F',figs. 1 'and 2, may be used, having a knob,f, to 'facilitate itsremoval, 'and secured in place by screwsf, some or all of which areconstructed with half-round heads, so that, by turning them `oncehalfround, the door may be withdrawn. I i

The door may completely fill the space between the glass and the outersurface of the frame, (being Hush with the latter,)'or may be shoulderedsufficiently to prevent its slipping and rest on the outer surface ofthe frame, in either case lthe opening being completely closed, so as toexclude all ligh't from the face cf the picture. The frame Iii may bemade of any suitable form, and may be provided with any suitableornamentation, as may also the door F.

kHaving described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The elastic packing G c cl c2 c3, applied and compressed between theseveral parts ot' the frame and the.

frame and stone, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the bars D, holesti, screws d, back E, and Harigeb3, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the frame B, I claim the removable door orshutter F, for excluding light from the surface of thepicture, when thesame is constructed and applied substantially as setforth.

To the above specification of myfirnprovement in mounting likenesses inmonuments, 35e., I have set my ISAAC H. WELLS.

, Witnesses:-

JAMES L. EWIN, -J. E. M. BowEN.

